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For just over 300 you could have bought an electric pump...!!!! :rolleyes:
V6 MTX
'Don't p**s up my back then tell me it's raining!!!"
'Its only nuts & bolts!'
'If I build it,fix it,upgrade it or modify it...MAYBE they will come....!
Haines Motor Sports Inc,
Dealer for 'Quaife America' & 'Autotech Sport Tuning'
SOLE USA Dealer for the American Axle 'AUSSIE BAR'...
Get a Turbo for you Zetec from HMS Inc...by 'The Demon' ...www.DemonDynamics.co.uk
..don't talk about it DO IT !!!
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I know this has nothing to do w/ the w/p on the 2.5L Duratec but our work van went 329,000 miles on the original w/p  Its a 1997 Safari w/ a 4.3 liter Vortec that has the cooling system flushed twice a year and driven 100% freeway miles. Currently the van has 334K and still has the original radiator and transmission, the engine is original too except the oil pump failed at 100K :p besides that the motor has never had any work done to it outside of a tune up at the 100K intervals Sorry about the rant here but I'm damn proud of the job I do on the preventive maintence of all our work vans, I see 400K+ for that van and by the way, I run 10w30 in the winter and 20w50 in the summer and its changed every 2 weeks, as the van goes 1500 a week
Roger R
SVT/SHO Society SE MI rep
2000 CSVT #1253 of 2150
silver frost/midnight blue
2-8" dark blue racing stripes
Mequiars...simply the best!
"...and number 5, now this is the most important Rat, when it comes to making out, whenever possible, put on side one of Led Zeppelin 4"
USMondeo@aol.com
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well...maybe the engineer that saved a few pennies on the old Ford ignition switches designed cheaper-to-manuf' WP for our 95-98's. Guess he didn't have ProEngineer software, ignored torture-testing, or disbelieves/ignores all the failures that we experience. Anyway, it should be a cheap-part recall/TSB, but heels are dragged again (Exploder anyone?), warranties expire fast, engines will die consequently. Can anyone believe a cheap but very critical part like this is overlooked? Overall, the pre-99 SVT now has had the reliability of a Yugo (due to the w/pump) at the (new at the time) price of a BMW, without decent body panels or stereo (don't get me started on that, it hardly covers up all the squeaks in the cabin). Very nice. At least (don't laugh) it can still get a decent trade-in price before the w/p dies! BAT has an elec pump, but details are hazy. Sounds like a no-brainer to me. I wish Ford would reimburse me for the preventive measure, but they are tied up with 2 million ig sw recalls rt now, and I'm out of warranty anyway. Curses on that designer of the crud pump.
98 CSVT, basic mod's, my slowest car yet but still faster than the wife's Talon Tsi AWD. Not by much, though. Now if I could get the back wheels to do something....
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I just blew a water pump about 3 months ago. It's a 98 Contour SE and my VIN number is 1FAFP66L2WK212430. HTH
Scott
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The BAT pump is a Davies-Craig unit,it does need to be modded for the V6.....
V6 MTX
'Don't p**s up my back then tell me it's raining!!!"
'Its only nuts & bolts!'
'If I build it,fix it,upgrade it or modify it...MAYBE they will come....!
Haines Motor Sports Inc,
Dealer for 'Quaife America' & 'Autotech Sport Tuning'
SOLE USA Dealer for the American Axle 'AUSSIE BAR'...
Get a Turbo for you Zetec from HMS Inc...by 'The Demon' ...www.DemonDynamics.co.uk
..don't talk about it DO IT !!!
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mine went out also burnt up plastic blades. how can they put plastic blades on a water pump with the temperature of the water . contact=profile for vin you can get a metal blade one from autozone
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Just replaced my water pump little over four hours ago....and $480.00 (CDN) later (also had the thermostat replaced because it was sticking).
Odometer reads: 120,000 KM
Inspected the impeller blades and was down-right SHOCKED to discover that it was made of cheap plastic! Had it replaced with a new metal one by Tredex. Much better quality and ovceral engineering.
Martin Sarkar from Ontario, Canada.
1995 Mercury Mystique GS Sport
V6 Duratec
1995 Mercury Mystique GS Sport
2.5 Duratec
K&N Drop In
High-Flo exhaust
Tint
Bad things:
- clear coat flaking off!
- timing chain going
- idler pulley defunct
- rack and pinion going bleh
- Ford dealerships
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Mine blew a couple weeks ago too. I was nearly stranded in Plattsburgh. Imagine... being stuck with Micah for a whole weekend...  :p
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I have a 95SE 2.5L Duratec. Water pump went out around 100K miles. Dealer replaced water pump went out again 107K miles. First one was the typical shredded fins. Second one was a leaky/cracked pump. 118K miles now and no other probs (besides dirty IAC).
I love my Contour to death, but my 'vette is still my #1 baby.
There's money to be made in racing. I should know. I put a lot of it there.
You can make a small fortune in racing. Start with a large one.
How fast do you want to go...how much money do you have?
You can fix a lot of things, but you can't fix stupid!
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95 Contour # 3FALP67L5SM100435
81195 Miles Replacement cost: $476.94
Oakley Keesee Ford, Bartlett, TN
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